Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pensioning"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pension \Pen"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pensioning}.]
To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in
consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes
followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.

One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles.
--Pope.


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